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Years after death, wife gives husband gift

'It almost makes me speechless'

Published: 12/24/2013 at 5:08 PM

(TODAY) — David Schmitz knew his wife loved him, but she confirmed the depth of her affection and fondness for him and their children with a surprise gift this Christmas — two years after she died from cancer.

The Iowa father of four received the gift after being called into a Des Moines radio station, KSTZ, for a popular, decades-old program held every year in which the station grants Christmas wishes to listeners.

“I didn’t have an idea what it was about,” Schmitz told NBC’s Mike Taibbi.